The Nunnery in the Three Country Point in the second half of the 18th century: the abbess Anastasia Rösler, her correspondence and other sources to her activity in the head of the abbey St. Marienthal (1764-1784)

Abstract

The study deals with the abbess Anastasia Rösler and with various sources to her activities, above all with the letters and historiographical sources. It sketches an image of the daily life of the abbey in the baroque era and of the contacts among men and women in this milieu.

Keywords

• St. Marienthal
• Anastasia Rösler
• correspondence
• 18th century